Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

John Smith, the phenomenar' baseball
pitcher, went East last ev ening from San
Francisco.
The Olive Branch Ladies Society will
give an apron and necktie social at Turner
Hall January Goth.
a meeting Of the Democratic County
Central Committee will be held at the office
of Add. c. Hinkson this evening at 7:3O.
The scenery which ]. R. Wilkins, of this
city, is painting for the Marysville Theater
is highly praised by the press of that city.
Deputy Sheriff Riley brought up from
San Francisco last evening, en- route to the
State Prison at Folsom, Wong All Cow,
who is to serve seven years for burglary.
The steamer Constance arrived from San
Francisco yesterday with barge load of
lumber for w. +. Frazer and the Friend &
Terry Lumber Company, and returned
with barge light.
r. ?. Wingate was yesterday examined
by the Commissioners of Lunacy, who
committed him to the asylum at Napa, and
Deputy Sheriff Connors will take him
down to that institution this morning.
The present clear and cold weather is
being taken advantage of by the ice men
on the other side of the hill to secure
good crop, and the ice-houses are being
filled rapidly with an excellent article.
There are at the station house awaiting
a claimant pair of sheepshears, three or
four long strips of plug tobacco and pair
of overalls, which the owner, probably
sheepshearer, lost while in the city re-
Gently.
These arrests were made yesterday: Tom
Burns, by officer Rider, for battery; Will
lam Henry, Oscar Kerr and Peter Dona-
hue, by officers Mccormack and Sullivan,
for robbery; Mike Brennan, by officer Far
rell and Sullivan, for battery.
Carl Munger, of Oak Hall, on the River
side road, has Holstein-Durham calf,
born three or four days ago, which Is blind.
having no eyes, but only two small holes
where the eyes should be. 1t is also desti-
tute of tail, and in other ways is SO mall
formed that it is not expected to live.
A man named John Young complained
to the police about a. NJ. yesterday that
he had been robbed in saloon of $25.
Officers Mccormack and Sullivan arrested
William Henry, Oscar Kerr and Peter
Donahue for the robbery, on Young's
assertion that they were the guilty parties.
About $50 last evening some bedclothing
in q Chinese house on Third street, between
| and J, caught fire, and for awhile there
was much excitement among the Celestials,
who gathered in great numbers, and did
great deal of yelling. Finally the burning
articles were thrown into the street, Just as
officer Farrell arrived, and the worry SUBJ
sided quickly.
earle & Croly, of this city, have been
awarded by the Supervisors of Sonoma
county the contract tor building new
hospital on the county farm, about two
miles north of Santa Rosa. The contract
price is $10,271, and the building is to be
finished early in May. The same firm had
the contract for the Sonoma county Court
house, recently erected.
There appears to have been a mistake as
to the arrest of w. H. Pixley, who's wanted
here for turkey-stealing. Instead of his
having been arrested at Oakdale, a dispatch
was sent here from that place stating that
he was there, and inquiring if he should be
arrested. Answer i'll the affirmative was
returned, but nothing further has been
heard concerning him.
The Sacramento river has receded to 9
feet inches above low-water mark.
Rarely, if ever has it been at such a low
stage at this season OF the year. Unless
rain comes more abundantly during the
latter part of the winter than it has so far.
there will be scarcity of water in the
stream next season, which will be trouble
some matter for steamboat men. Those
who use the water for drinking purposes
can switch off on beer, and there seems to
be plenty of people who take bath " in
il now.
The Southern Pacific Company has or
dered twenty one Pullman palace cars built
at Pullman Illinois, and three of them
arrived on Sunday, having come by the
Southern route, bringing an excursion party
from New Orleans to Los Angeles. One OF
the cars, the Santa Barbara was here yester-
day, and received a critical examination
from railroad men, who were unanimous
in praise of its elegance and completeness,
all the recent improvements in portable
palaces having been adopted in its con-
struction. 1t is expected that at least three
of them will arrive from the mandatory
each month, until they are all on the coast
A dispatch from New York states that for
| the Fulurity Stakes of 1889 SD entries have
| been made, and there is prospect OF few
more from England being added. J. b.
| Haggin has "a entries, seven of which rep
resent his Australian bred stallion Sir Mo-
/ dred. These colts and fillies will certainly
be watched with the utmost interest, as will
| the other California horses owned by Hag-
gin. which will include sons and daughters
! of Iroquois, Onandagua, Mortimer, Wan
derer and Miner, while the Santa Anita
| stable, with IS entries, and the Palo Alto
| establishment, with IL entries, will present
| the get of sires no less famous than Grin
| sted, Rutherford, Wildidie and Flood.
| Kentucky makes about 200 entries.